Jimmy Margulies

Saturday, August 01, 2015Aug 1, 2015

Jimmy Margulies is an award-winning nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist whose work is distributed by King Features. His cartoons are distributed by King Features to 400 newspapers nationwide in its The Best & The Wittiest package, a weekly offering of at least 25 timely and thought-provoking editorial cartoons, of varied styles and views, from Margulies and other award-winning editorial cartoonists such as John Branch, Brian Duffy, David M. Hitch, Lee Judge, Jeff Koterba, Rick McKee, Kevin Siers and Kirk Walters.His cartoons on New York City issues appear regularly in amNew York and his cartoons on New Jersey issues appear in newspapers all over the Garden State.

After 22 years as editorial cartoonist at The Record in northern New Jersey, he continues to produce a cartoon every Sunday for the newspaper.

Among his national awards are The Berryman Award from The National Press Foundation, The National Headliner Award, The Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, and four Clarion Awards from The Association for Women in Communications.

Jimmy Margulies

Jimmy Margulies is an award-winning nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist whose work is distributed by King Features. His cartoons on New York City issues appear regularly in amNew York and his cartoons on New Jersey issues appear in newspapers all over the Garden State.

After 22 years as editorial cartoonist at The Record in northern New Jersey, he continues to produce a cartoon every Sunday for the newspaper.

Among his national awards are The Berryman Award from The National Press Foundation, The National Headliner Award, The Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, and four Clarion Awards from The Association for Women in Communications.

The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Time, Newsweek and Business Week are among the many places his cartoons have appeared. He has been featured on CNN, ABC Nightline, PBS, and C-Span.

Prior to working at The Record, he was the Editorial Cartoonist for The Houston Post as well as for Journal Newspapers of Maryland and Virginia.

He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Carnegie Mellon University, and is proud to be on the National Rifle Association blacklist.

Margulies is also an accomplished caricaturist, with more than 30 years of experience drawing for parties, retirement gifts, private commissions, etc. He had also done illustration for many commercial and editorial clients and is a popular public speaker.

He is an avid runner and vintage watch collector. Margulies and his wife, Martha, have two adult children.